West Berkshire

Episode 7.5
16 March 1989



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Contestants Ted Stockton and work colleague David Foy, office systems company managers from Stockport and Bardsley respectively
Hint to the Treasure It’s naughty but it’s nice
Start Position Weathercock Hill
Clue 1 Where the eponymous Larry gave way to subjects of Stubbs, look around where a female Giles sets the pace for Chaucer’s pilgrims. 1
Leads to Lambourn – on saddle of horse ‘Cartooness’
Clue 2 Find a crafty part of the Land’s End landlord’s home. Quote what happened when Greeks joined Greeks – and pull your weight. 2
Leads to Littlecote House – with ‘Queen Elizabeth I’ at medieval fair
Clue 3 Bypass the Hocktide tuttimen for North-country lessons for Christopher Robin’s Alice, and see what’s gone to the wall with the Montessori. 3
Leads to Norland nannies’ training college, Denford Park – on helicopter collage on wall in playroom
Clue 4 West of Pygmalion’s playwright and Cromwell’s battle, find Nellie Dean’s theatrical setting and take your cue from Roger the lodger. 4
Leads to Bagnor Theatre, Newbury – with ‘gorillagram’ on stage
Clue 5 Beyond Rennie’s aqueous highway, there’s a writer’s stock in trade. In its alliterative wood to the north, a pool will give you the full treatment. 5
Leads to Inglewood Health Farm – ice cream sundae floating on swimming pool
Result The contestants ran out of time on the final clue


Notes
1 Ted and David get stuck with the clue, but Annabel sees some horses (subjects of Stubbs) cantering (Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s pilgrims) near Lambourn (eponymous Larry, Larry the Lamb). She lands and Kenneth tells her to look for the horse ‘Cartooness’ (female Giles). The clue is under the saddle.
2 Peter de Savary owns both Land’s End and Littlecote House. When Annabel lands at Littlecote she finds herself in the middle of a Tudor re-enactment and is pestered by the ‘village idiot’. “He’s horrible!” she complains. The contestants direct her to a tug-of-war (“when Greeks joined Greeks, then there was tug of war” – Nathaniel Lee). She joins in, but the ‘idiot’ insists on pulling her hair. When the tug is over, ‘Sir Walter Raleigh’ takes Annabel to ‘Queen Elizabeth I’ who gives her the clue. The ‘idiot’ chases her back to the helicopter.
3 In Hungerford at Hocktide (the second Tuesday after Easter) elected ‘Tuttimen’, carrying long staves decorated with spring flowers and topped with an orange, visit houses taking a penny from the men and a kiss from the women and give an orange in exchange. To the east of Hungerford lies Norland (North-country) College for nannies (lessons for Christopher Robin’s Alice). Annabel lands, meets some of the student nannies and finds the clue on a children’s collage of a helicopter in the playroom.
4 West of Shaw (Pygmalion’s playwright) and Speen (site of the Battle of Speen, 1644, involving Oliver Cromwell) is Bagnor, with its waterside theatre. A farce is taking place when Annabel arrives, and she goes on stage and meets an actor (who’d played ‘Roger the Lodger’ on TV) and an actress in a gorilla suit. The ‘gorilla’ has the clue.
5 The helicopter flies west, crossing the Kennet and Avon Canal (Rennie’s aqueous highway). To the north of Inkpen (a writer’s stock in trade) lies Inglewood Health Farm. Had she not run out of time, Annabel would have found the treasure, a plastic ice-cream sundae (“it’s naughty but it’s nice”), floating on the swimming pool.





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